# Romans 3.12 **Book:** [Romans](/codex/romans/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 10. as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one; 11. There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God; > > **12. They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one:** > > 13. Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips: 14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: (Romans 3:10-14, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 10. As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one. 11. There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God. > > **12. They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”** > > 13. “Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips”; 14. “whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” (Romans 3:10-14, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 10. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. > > **12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.** > > 13. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: (Romans 3:10-14, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 10. according as it hath been written, 'There is none righteous, not even one; 11. There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God. > > **12. All did go out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one.** > > 13. A sepulchre opened [is] their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps [is] under their lips. 14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. (Romans 3:10-14, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet. ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Jesus Said Only God Is Good Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-said-only-god-is-good-objection-defeater/), via [Romans 3.10-12](/codex/romans-3-10-12/) - [Necessity of the Incarnation](/codex/necessity-of-the-incarnation/), via [Romans 3.10-12](/codex/romans-3-10-12/) **Concepts:** - [Calvinism](/codex/calvinism/), via [Romans 3.10-12](/codex/romans-3-10-12/) - [Calvinism vs Arminianism vs Molinism vs Open Theism](/codex/calvinism-vs-arminianism-vs-molinism-vs-open-theism/), via [Romans 3.10-12](/codex/romans-3-10-12/) - [Original Sin](/codex/original-sin/), via [Romans 3.9-18](/codex/romans-3-9-18/) - [Sin](/codex/sin/), via [Romans 3.10-18](/codex/romans-3-10-18/) **People:** - [Jacobus Arminius](/codex/jacobus-arminius/), via [Romans 3.10-12](/codex/romans-3-10-12/) **Lexicon:** - [G5544 - chrestotes](/codex/g5544-chrestotes/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.